A Halloween dare in haunted woods turns deadly, forcing a fractured family and small British town to confront buried secrets and trauma.
A Halloween dare in haunted woods turns deadly, forcing a fractured family and small British town to confront buried secrets and trauma.
A party at sunset. A body at sunrise. What happened that night in the woods? The brand new propulsive thriller from the author of The Search Party… 'Utterly gripping ... I couldn't put it down!' SARAH PEARSE, author of THE SANATORIUM ‘Immersive and twisty . . . Highly recommended’ SARAH VAUGHAN, author of LITTLE DISASTERS ELLIE When the body of a young woman is discovered in the woods the morning after Halloween, arranged with ritualistic precision, teenager Ellie has more reason than most to be...
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Teen murder; knife violence; bruised, broken body found staged
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Teen alcohol use during a Halloween night gathering in the woods
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No fantasy magic present
Haunted-woods ghost folklore; body arranged with ritualistic precision
Class privilege, bullying, and failures of adult authority recur
Suicide content and grief; mental health struggles depicted
Gaslighting, bullying, adult manipulation of teens; trauma, neglect
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